BERRY & MARSHALL (BOLTON WOOD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00571758 · ltd · incorporated 1956-09-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 62.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 08110

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 62.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 62.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

25 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	5	800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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accounts · AA
2026-04-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
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MARSHALL, Frank William resigned
director
2025-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-20
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O'BRIEN, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2024-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-07-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2015-10-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-10-31
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JACKSON, Melvyn Peter resigned
director
2014-09-01
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O'BRIEN, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2013-10-01
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MARSHALL, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2013-06-17
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MARSHALL, Ernest Solomon resigned
director
2012-06-15
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MARSHALL, James Ernest appointed
secretary
2012-06-15
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MARSHALL, Ernest Solomon resigned
secretary
2009-06-17
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MARSHALL, Frank Edward appointed
director
2009-06-17
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MARSHALL, George Henry Ross appointed
director
2009-06-17
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MARSHALL, James Ernest appointed
director
2009-06-17
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MARSHALL, William Ross appointed
director
1992-06-01
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JACKSON, Melvyn Peter appointed
director
1964-04-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Stone Co (Bradford) LTD
1956-09-21
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Company incorporated
As BERRY & MARSHALL (BOLTON WOOD) LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARSHALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Frank Edward Marshall Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr William Ross Marshall Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr George Henry Ross Marshall Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr James Ernest Marshall Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Mark Andrew O'Brienceased 31/05/2024· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1956-09-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC08110 — SIC 08110

Registered office

4 Greengate Cardale Park

Harrogate

HG3 1GY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-02

Last: 2025-06-18